Archive for the ‘Political developments’ Category
Jamie Allison, ‘Hamas, Gaza and the blockade’, International Socialism, 128 (13 October 10) No abstract; here are clippings: It is Hamas’s insistence on the Palestinian right to resist the occupation and their refusal to negotiate terms that will perpetuate it that earns the organisation the enmity of Israel and the Western powers. How did Hamas […]
Filed under: Israel/Palestine, Political developments, Scholarship and insights | Closed
From ABC News: Aboriginal protesters have forced the temporarily closure of an exhibition of paintings at the Wollongong City Gallery. The protesters say the images portray the denigration of Aboriginal people and are highly offensive. The exhibition called No Country For Dreaming is by nine-times Archibald finalist Paul Ryan. Aaron Broad Henry helped bring the exhibition to […]
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In the history of Aboriginal Australia, there is nothing all that new about a convoy of uninvited guests trekking across country to seek a new start. Aboriginal groups have been known to flout jurisdictional boundaries – whether those erected by other Aboriginal groups across tens of thousands of years, or those more arbitrarily decided by […]
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Suren Pillay, Cape Town Guest Blogger The World Cup had just ended, and there were stories in the newspapers, telling us that foreign nationals were going to be killed as soon as the event was over. These stories immediately mobilized many of us in civil society, and it even mobilized the state into action. The […]
Filed under: Africa, media, Political developments, Southern Africa | Closed
Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike to Demand Talks via IPS ipsnews.net. The hunger strike is a product of “the desperation of the Mapuche community members, who see all of the doors closing and that there is no political will to engage in talks and recognise the existence of a conflict” over land, Fernando Lira, the […]
Filed under: Latin America, Political developments | Closed
crab colonialism
“one of the most arduous migrations on Earth” crab colonisers on Christmas Island via National Geographic
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reblog: russia / indigeneity
“If a person from the south of the country living in Kamchatka says that he or she feels like a Koryak, then they have the right to fish without being disturbed,” Russia Considers Better Definition Of Indigenous Peoples. via Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
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Catherine Agbo, ‘My Mission is to Liberate FCT Natives’: Dara, Leadership (Abuja) via AllAfrica. Immediate past Chairman of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Hon. Isah Dara Bwari has disclosed that the major reason for his aspiration to the House of Representatives is to correct the injustices not only against the original Abuja […]
Filed under: Africa, Political developments | Closed
Nearly 2 million high school students worldwide are taking Advanced Placement tests this May, hoping to impress college admissions counselors with high scores and, perhaps, earn a few college credits. But one test question citing the late Palestinian-American scholar and activist Edward Said on the theme of exile is prompting protests from some Jewish students. […]
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John Rennie Short, Cartographic Encounters: Indigenous Peoples and the Exploration of the New World (London: Reaktion Books, 2009) In this major re-interpretation of American history, John Rennie Short argues that until now, both writing about and popular understanding of, the exploration and mapping of the New World has largely ignored the pivotal role played by […]
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settler colonial studies blog 